8 THE WOR.LD'S FAIR. GENERAL INFORMATION Gates open at 9 A.M. ::Most shows in exhibit, tran - portation, and foreign-federal areas open at 10 A. I. and dose at 10 P.M., but some restaurants and bars there stay open later if trade warrants. Amusement area doesn't really get under way until late after- noon and closes at 2 A. M. . . . Fireworks and foun- tain displays nightly on the Lagoon (F) at 9, dnd on Fountain Lake (A), except \Ved. and Sun., at 10: 15. . . . The places you want most to see are n{'.:lrly always overcrowded. In bad weather, n.lturdl- ly, everything limps. TRANSPORTATION TRAINS-L.I.R.R. offers fast shuttle ervice to exhibit-area gate. Trains every 10 or 15 min- utes, 9 A.M. to 10 P.M., fronl Track 16, Penn. Sta. (L.r. side). Front the Fair, trains every 15 or 20 minutes, until 2 A. I. A 10- or IS-minute run. Fare, 10 cents each way. BOATs-:\fooripg facilities in Flushing Bay for boat" up to 8-foot draught; tender service at all hours; better write to Fair for space reservations.... Speedboats, accommodating 25, every 15 111inutes, from 9 :30 A.M. to 2 A.:M. daily, between foot of E. 49th St. and Fair's boat basin; $1.25 one way; $2 round trip. .AUTOS- Ot admitted to Fair. Parking lots, with bus connections to gates, 25 cents a day. Tribor- ough Bridge is pleasantest route from midtown J\.ianhattan. . . . Queensboro Bridge leads to short- er way but is noted for traffic jams. SUBWAys-Eighth Ave. Line is. best for al11usem 1 t area; I.R.T. and B.- I.T. traulS stop near exhIbit area. Trip takes a good half-hour from 42nd St. and is to be avoided during 4:30-to-7 P.M. rush hour. On Eighth Ave. Line: Take Queens train marked "E-169 Street" to Continental Ave. Sta- tion, cross platform, take train mark.ed "Gç- \V orld's Fair."... I.R. T.: Take Flushmg traill from lowest level of Times Square or Grand Cen- tral subway stations.. . . B.-l\I.T.: Take Queens Plaza local at any Broadway station, change at last st9P to Iain St., Flushing, train. BesEs--Through buses from Fairway Terminal, 125 \V. 50, every 10 minutes, from 8 :30 A.:M. on. Round trip, 50 cents. Also, guided bus tours of the Fair; call CI 5-8181 for schedule. . . . Dou- ble-decker Fifth Ave. bus No. 15 across Queens- boro Bridge starts at 25th St., turning east 011 57th St. A slow trip but a reasonably comfortable one. AT THE FAIR-It'S a big place to get around, but there are roller chairs pushed by guides, electric- motor chairs, Fair-ground buses with regular routes and stations, tractor pul1ed trains of 3 open coaches, and sightseeing buses with lecturers. ATTRACTIONS OF NOTE (Be prepared for lac:t minute chal:ges in prog!":" and schedules.) CULTURE AND ENLIGHTENAfENT AMERICAN ART TODAY (E)-Paintjng , sculpturL , and prints, 1,200 in ?-ll, selected rol11 evel Y ec- tion of the country. LIvely and vaned. AdnuSSlOI1, 25 cents. A. T. & T. (E)-The best part of this show is listen- ing in while out-of-towners call up the folks back home. The Yoder, a machine with a human voice, is creepy and wonderful. BORDE:S'S (E)-The languid CO\V of Today, Pd11l- pered and productive. CHRYSLER (T)-A rocket port of the future, with a make-believe rocket ship supposedly taking off for London. CONSOLIDATED EDISON (E)-A vast diorama. of the city reveals the wonders of light and power and what happens here when a sudden storm comes Up. CROSLEY (E)-The new midget car in action. Du PONT (E)-A serious show of how chemistry can make sonlething out of something else. ELECTRIC UTILITIES (E)-An amusing gaslit ew York street of 1892, a blazing avenue of a long time hence, and a lounge under a waterfall. ELECTRIFIED FARM (E)-A barnyard in \\'hich elec- tricity does everything except guarantee a profit. FIRESTOKE (T)-A real production line turning out a tire every four minutes. FORD (T)-::Mr. Ford's show makes it clear that he believes in mass production. It's pleasant to let the lesson sink in while .;;itting in the exhibit's Garden Court, where Ferde Grofé's Xe\v \Vorld Ensemble pldYs ovachords daily, except )'Ion., from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 P.M. GARDENS ON PARADE (F)-Currellt exhibits: gl.ldiolt, through Aug. 31; dahlias, roses, and anlluals, be- ginning Sept. 1. Admission, 25 cents. GAS INDUSTRIES (E)-Stringless puppet:., and Victvr records performing tabloid versions of grand oper:: . Frequent shows from 1 to 6 P. I. GENERAL ELECTRIC (E)-In Steinmetz I-Iall, a man- made bolt of lightning and clap of thunder- enough to scare the wits out of you. X ext door, a quieter electric' performance-making visitor teeth glow in the dark, for instancé. GENERAL ::\IOTORS (T)-If you can stand tlw long wait in line, the Futurama will take you on an exciting trip around Xorman Bel Geddes' model of tomorrow's highways. GLASS CENTER (E)-Glass-blowers turning O_L things like vases and goblets make a good show. Weaving glass cloth is something, too. GOODRICH (T)-How tires can take punisllll Mn + demonstrated by Jimmie Lynch and ( : f:Ê ': ,,':::' . " , , , rtitJtIIj : TJr",,::,"' ;:;\?"" j t; .."'.. lHgBJ-] ......jt : :,""?1,: " ",":::, Pt1J:Jöt ( )) '1i;h'] [PLACES AT TIlE FAIR IEX rIO I:.D OX THIS PAGE ARE FOLLOWED BY CODE LETTERS l DI- CATING THE AREAS I '''HICH THEY ARE TO BE FOUND: (A) A:\IUSE IEXT, (E) EX- HIBIT, (F) FOREIGN-FEDERAL, (T) TRAXS- PORTATIO . THIS IS A SELECTIVE, IF BROAD- nXDED, LIST TO HELP THE CASUAL \TISITOR FI D HIS "'AY AROUXD, A D COV- ERS THE PERIOD FROl\I THURSDAY, AUG. 31, THROUGH \\'ED ESDAY, SEPT. 6. TI:\fE GIVE IS DAYLIGHT SAVIXG.] clevil drivers at 11 \. :\o!., 12, 2, 4, 6, and 7 .P. . (Sat. and Sun. every hour frOlll 11 A.M. to 7 P.M.) HOUSE OF JEWELS (E)-The big, costly display of diamonds has been livened up a bit. Open 11 A. L to 9 P. I. KODAK (E)-Flashlights rigged up so YOJ can use your 0\\'11 camera to take pictures of baseballs breaking glass. Also, a gr "md dis:play of co!c,r shots projected on a big screen. IASTERPIECES OF ART {USEUM (E)-SOO I,..... ings, representing most of the world's collections. Not to be missed. Admisslvn, cents weekd s; 25 cents Sun. R.C.A. (E)-Television shows eycry few mÎIr..n:cs until 9 P. M. RAILROADS (T)-A pageant of railroading, with real puffing trains plus girls and Kurt \Veill music. Daily at 12 :30, 2, 3 :30, and 5 .P..M. Admi sion, 25 to 55 cents.... Also, a m:allature rallway systeul with 500 pieces of rolling stock all dart w ing here and there. A 30-minute show, continuous from 10 :30 A.M. to 8 :30 P.M. Admission, 10 cents. SCIENCE A D EDUCATION (E)-"The City," a docu- mentary film of yesterday, tod.1Y, ...ì.lld tomorrow, is hest when it's contemplating the present. Daily at 2:15, 6:30, and 7:15 P.M.; extra shows Sa.t. and Sun. at 1 :30 and 5 :45 P.M. Tn-IE A D SPACE (A)-The Hayàen Planetarl1 people demonstrate how things would look to some- one colliding with a comet. Opens at noon. TRYLON _ D PERISPHERE (E)-You almost fed obliged to drop in here. Admission, 25 cent:>. 'VESTI GHOUSE (E)-The squirming inhabitants ci 12 drops of water magnified on screens. ZOOLOGICAL WONDERS (A)-A baby giant palll......, and <1.11 electric eel which makes a toy tr "in go . FORl:..l(J BLILDI t.. s-These, for the most pan, are architecturally interesting. Iany of them have restful gardens and pools, even if their exhibits are top-heavy with ballyhoo for the home country. Among the highlights worth noting, all in the foreign-federal area, are France's art exhibit and wine-tasting bar, Britain's heraldic hall and mer- chant-marine show, the section of a loscow sub- way station shown by Ru sia, Japan's g<.lrden, the view front Rumania's roof garden, the peas.ult handicraft in the various Balkan pavilions, and glass in the Scandinavian ones. FEDERAL AND STATE BUILDINGS-The United States Government show (F) is as good as any, and far better than most, of the foreign exhibits; its dioramas are expert. Iaine (F) has a covered bridge and trout stream and Florida (A) has ma.naged to catch a bit of tropical feeling, but on the whole the state exhibits don't amount tú 111tK IIOOPLA. AND HONKY-TOl\K (Shows don't always start at the time barkers-G press agents-promise they will.) AQUACADE (A)-Billy Rose's big, successful swim- ming revue on Fountain Lake. \Vith Eleanor Holm. Tohnny Weissmuller, Everett ::Marshall, and lots of òthers. Performances daily, except in he..lvy rain, at 3:30.5:30,8:30, and 10:45 P.:.\I. CARNIVALAND '(A)-Once called the Children's \V orId, this has changed its name and grown up a bit, but there are still trained animals and rides for the young. CRYSTAL LASSIES (A)-Here, :\Ir. Geddes has turned to mirrors to give his public a million views, more or less, of one dancing girl. DREAM OF VENUS (A)-Frankly a girl show, but pepped up into something by the surrealist mad- ne.;;s of Salvador Dali. I:.XTASIE (A)-The gorier n1011lents from Oscar \Vilde's '.Salome," plus, of course, the veil dance to Saint-Saëns' music. THE HOT IrKADO (A)-Bill Robinson and his dusky crew giving the Hall vf iusic a raiso,1't d J êtrc. The how, boiled down to an hour, i just as gay, .loud, and impertinent as it was on Broadway. Dally at 5, 8 :30, and 10:30 P.M. J"GNGLELAND (A)-Frank Buck's zoo. A mountain of monkeys and an arena vf tr d.ill d a,nimals, in- 1ing ::Ùatilda, a chimn'1t17p 't 1,.' 1. T'"i> Lr r fLE IIRACLE To\v (A)- Ion'is Gest".;;: ,;;\\ ..n. of midgets living their lives in doll houses. The tage show they put on isn't much. \IERRIE ENGLA:SD (A)-A big village on the Lake front, with restaurants, b<lrs, and some entertd .-1- ment 011 the central green. OLD NEW YORK (A)-Horsecars, treet v\:'ndor . old movies, peepshows, beer-drinking cOl1 :e ts, 1m sic, and Ann Pennington, all noisily crambled to gether. . , PALM: BEACH ROOM (A)-The FaIr s only Ol.t-an<... out night club, and harmless enough. \ small floor show, and dancing to an Emile Petti orches- tra from 10 P.:M. on. PARACHUTE JU:MP (..A)-The midway's bigge....t thri' -a drop of 20 floors. Once you start going l.p you can t change your mind. RIDES (A)-Some of the more unusual are Aerial Joyride. steerable planes whirling around a pole; Auto Speedway, midget racing cars you drive vourself; ::Meteor Speedway, a ride up and down w the vertical walls of a motordrome; Over- the- Top, cages which turn you upside down and whirl you around; Skyride, a fine, serene view of the Fair from about 150 feet up; Stratoship, rocket cars spinning on the ends of a pole; \Vdter-Bugs, a Dodgem done with boats in a big- tank. STRA:SGE AS IT SEEMS (A)- ot for those who quail at freaks, but as good a sideshow as you'll probably ever see around here. S"GN VALLEY (A)-Idaho and the Alps brought to- gether, a little casually, in Queens. A room) place, with ski-jumping on make-believe snow and a skating show on real ice. M: usic, sideshows, and a toboggan slide you can zip down on a carpet OTES-Top-flight dance bands play intermittently, çvery Aft. and Eve,., in a bandstand on the Lake -.:;hore (A). . . . There's a reasondbly good archery range and a small trap shoot on the Lake side of the G.mnsement-area loop. RESTAURANTS (Tl e quality of food and service in the foreign re:::: taurants has a tendency to vary, and dining in them, now that they're taking crowds for granted, is 01Ue- thing of an unpredictable adventure. Iost of them em,phasize native specialties -drinks as well as dishe . T elephont" numbers are given for plac( ",here it is wise to) reserve a table in advdncé.) ARGEXTIXE BrILDIxc (F)-The charcoal-broit. teaks aren.t veq exotic, but they're ..v -h good. (HA b-0290.) BRAZILIAN B"GILDIN'G (F)-Open only at night, keeps going, with music and a lilt, until 1 _'\ or so. (HA 9-2779.) CeBA PAVILIO:S (F)-You can eat here, 11 rign hut the drinks are the thing. ?:\ ativc music 11 P. r. CZECHo-SLOVAKIA Ern.DING (F)-Prague ha and Pilsen beer, and dancing in a garden fro 5 to 10 P.M. DAXISH PAVILION (F)-Practically irresi tible ray of cold dishes, dnd as much hot food as :) will want afterward. (If A 9-6746.) FINNISH PAVILION (F)-Reindeer sandwiches among other thing:-::,' on d11 air-cooled bale Plain but pleasant. FRE:SCH B UILDI:SG (F) De-luxe OIWll-;;.ir d with a superb view of the L,,1.goon. II:.ird to b èt and hard to leave. (H..\ 6-0980.) ITALIAN BUILDING (F)-The Italian Line's luxl restaurant. Flattering lights and excellent servi ( E 9-1460.) ORWEGIA PAVILION (F)-A snack bar hv. h few tables) that's good to remember when )n in a hurry. POLISH BUILDIXG (F)-A small restauraet, :.. c......., and a shady garden. dtive music for danciIU.. until 11 P.M. (HA 6-4780.) R"G :lANIA HousE (F)-Gracious, gay, and comfor able. Gipsy music fur dancing from ö P. M. to mic night or later. FeliJo.. Ferry and Gene of the Cololl.] are in charge. (HA 6-3020.) R rSSIAN B UILDI:SG (F)-An air-cooled restaurant. a terrace, and a bar. Don't l11is the cavi.1r. (H..:\ 6-7670.) WEDISH BrILDI G (E)-They've learned now hov., to do well by the crowds that come here. (IL\ 9-2423. ) SWISS BrILDING (F)-A terrace restaurant, and a maple-shaded garden where you can get elegant cheese with your beer. Occasional dancing from 10 P.M. to midnight. ( E 9-2278.) TrRKIsH BUILDING (E)-A tiled patio, with strillb music and dancing until 11 :30 P. '1. An indo{ restaurant, too. VEXEZUELAN PAVILION (F)- -All out 0f doors. A unusual native punch helps "dong the Latin atlP phere. Dancing until 10 P.M. or thereabouts. . BIG, IXFO}{ {AL PLAcE -Among the tandarcl r tau rants which can be depended upon for a snack or a meal are: ..Aviation Grill (T), Bal1alltine' (A). Brass Rail (E), Casino of ations (E), Childs (T) Heineken's (A), Rheillg01d Inn (A), Schaefer ëenter (E), Schlitz Palm Garden (E), and Turf-Trylon Café (E). XOTEs-Gardens on Parade (F) serves American :')taples, has a sound bar, and the admission price to the exhibit te..,ds to cut down the crowd. . . . rhe Children's \Vvrld Restaurant in Carniv l;::. , f .\' 1 "('oí,, ,-" i.... .lincr<:, y - ".,,', ., 1 ,j 1